Verb dire
The verb to say does vous dites in the second person plural of the present tense of the indicative. This is an exception to this form which usually ends in -ez.
But this is not valid for derived verbs from "dire" (except "redire" (to say again): contredire (to contradict), dédire (to deny), interdire (to forbid), médire (to slander), prédire (to predict). In this case, we say vous contredisez, vous médisez in a quite regular way.
Note that the exception is only for the indicative present. In the subjunctive, we say que vous disiez.
Redire (to say again) is conjugated like dire : vous redites. This is the only derived verb from dire like that.
It should also be noted that verb "maudire" (to curse) is a verb of the third group and is conjugated on the basis of ending and makes its past participle cursed.
In the simple past tense, saying has a circumflex accent vous dîtes whereas there is none in the indicative present.
Verb faire
The other exception of the second person plural of the present indicative is verb "faire" (to make, to do): vous faites. On the other hand, this time the derivatives of doing are conjugated on the same model as "faire": vous satisfaites. Finally, note that even if you write, nous faisons, it is pronounced like *nous fesons.
Verb dire | |
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Present | Simple past |
je dis tu dis il dit nous disons vous dites ils disent |
je dis tu dis il dit nous dîmes vous dîtes ils dirent |
Verb maudire | |
Present | Simple past |
je maudis tu maudis il maudit nous maudissons vous maudissez ils maudissent |
je maudis tu maudis il maudit nous maudîmes vous maudîtes ils maudirent |
Verb interdire | |
Present | Simple past |
j'interdis tu interdis il interdit nous interdisons vous interdisez ils interdisent |
j'interdis tu interdis il interdit nous interdîmes vous interdîtes ils interdirent |